{"id":342504,"date":"2026-06-19T06:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/342504\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T06:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:49:28","slug":"tcu-football-lands-four-star-cornerback-daniel-yebit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/342504\/","title":{"rendered":"TCU football lands four-star cornerback Daniel Yebit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/college\/big-12\/texas-christian-university\/article316091461.html\">TCU football<\/a> landed one of the top cornerbacks in the country Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Four-star defensive back Daniel Yebit announced his commitment to the Horned Frogs on Instagram and becomes the highest-ranked commit in TCU\u2019s class.<\/p>\n<p>Listed at 6-foot-1, 180 pounds Yebit is currently ranked the No. 133 overall prospect and the No. 16 cornerback according to the 247Sports composite rankings. Yebit plays at Yukon High School in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>Yebit held offers from Arizona State, Arkansas and Minnesota among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo-way standout with verified athleticism who projects as a modern longer-framed cornerback,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/daniel-yebit-46164727\/\">247Sports analyst Gabe Brooks<\/a> said in his scouting report. \u201cProductive player at receiver and in the secondary. Outstanding explosion markers in the high and long jumps. That quick-twitch juice shows in pads. Consistently displays body control and ball skills on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAwareness and impact playmaking acumen could provide for some role flexibility in the defensive backfield. Projects to the (Power Four) level as a potential multi-year starter with long-term NFL Draft data points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last season for Yukon Yebit caught 43 passes for 760 yards and six touchdowns. He also produced 37 tackles, four interceptions and a forced fumble on defense.<\/p>\n<p>As a sophomore he logged 41 tackles, two interceptions, two forced fumbles, a pick-six and also caught a touchdown pass.<\/p>\n<p>Yebit is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/college\/big-12\/texas-christian-university\/article316142298.html\">TCU\u2019s 14th commitment<\/a> and shoots the class up to No. 50 in the country. Yebit is the only four-star committed to TCU, per 247Sports.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TCU football landed one of the top cornerbacks in the country Wednesday afternoon. Four-star defensive back Daniel Yebit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-342504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}